Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-07-14
State News.
ANDROsCoGGIN.

foot on the saw, cutting between his big toe
and the others, and out one side He will
probably hsve 10 lose three toes. Drs
Reynolds, Bradbury, and Gibbs attended to
tue wound.
ARoosrooK.
Mr.. Hovey, aged 80 wears and his wife
aged Sc, attended the We ling Of their grand.
daughter, Emma Hovev, in Houlton, recently,
and while returning home by team the horse
got frightened. and Mr.. Hovey either tell or
was thrown out of the carriage. receiving
such severe injuries that he died last Wed
nesdsy, one week after the wedding. reports
the Pioneer. Mrs. Hovey was not much in.
iured
CUMBERLAND.
Last Friday, George York. of Cape Elizs-
beth, was arrested for drunkenness and con-
fined in the lookup at Kuightville, where a
guard remained with him until four o'clock
Saturday morning. After the guard departed,
York improvised a wrench from an iron
bucket hoop, and with it succeeded in taking
of the bolts which secured one of the two
inch planks forming the bottom of the bunk
in the cell. With the plank he had secured
from the bunk, the prisoner broke a hole
though the ceiliug, crawled into the loft and
m ade his escape
The Portland and Ogdensburg railroad has
contracted with the Portland Company for
fifty box cars, as the equipment of the Cana
dian Pacific Dispatch Line from Portland
through to western points.
OXFORD.
The Northern New England Sunday School
Assembly and Maine Chautauqua Union will
meet at The Gateway of the White Noun
tains," Fryeburg, July 81 to Aug 8, inclusive,
Among the speakers will be A F. Dunn, w.
E Berry, Mary A. Livermore, George r.
Stone, A. B LII B Franklin, N. H.; Rev.
o. p. Clifford, Boston. Saturday, July %,
Rev. Robert Nourse, Washington, ID. c..
Rev. d. C. Knowles, D. d., President N. H.
Conference Seminary, Monday. July 25,
Rev. Thomas Hill, LID. Tuesday, Rev.
F II. Allen, Boston. Wednesday. Edward
Everett Hale, Rev. Asa Dalton, ID ID. Thurs
dav, Rev. A. Dunning. Rev. Theodore Ger
ish Friday, Prof. Franklin C. Robinson,
Bowdoin College. Friday will be recreation
day, and there will De grand river excur-
sion. Saturday will be devoted to temper
ance, and among the speakers will be Mrs
Mary A. Woodbridge and Hon. W W
Thomas, Jr. Monday. August |, is to be the
National Day and Governor Bodwell will be
present and speak briefly with others. A
railway mountain excursion occurs on Tues
day.
PENoBsCoT.
Tracey's drive of fourteen million feet o {
logs is now at Mattaceunk Rips, four miles
above Mattawamkesg, driven by about 80
men Part of Lawler Bros drive is yet in
Grand Lake. about $50 men are at work on
the J. A Gordon & Sons section of the Me-
gantic railroad They anticipate finishing the
road bed in about six weeks, ana the bridge
within September.
PIscATAoUGs.
The Monson Refrigerator Co.. have secured
one patent on the Arctic Slate Lined Butter
Boxes. and have several applications pending
The boxes sent out by them this year are
giving perfect satisfaction. They shipped
over two hundred last week.
On July 4th the buildings on the Town
Farm in Atkinson, were burned to the ground
together with horse and many farming
tools. An investigation resulted in the
arrest of Ida NAV Hutchins, an under-wit ed
inmate, about 90 years old Miss Hutchius
admits the crime, but says she did it because
she was abused by the lady in charge. This
caused the arrest of Mrs. b. P Ober, charged
with assault and battery on Miss Hutchins
Both parties have been tried before Justice
Brown, and Miss Hutchns held IN 1000
bonds and Mrs. ODER in $500. Mrs. ODER
furnished bonds; Miss Hutchins has not at
this writing. Loss to town of Atkinson
$1,000; no insurance.
Geo. f Cook, of Blanchard, is an inventor
of nice machine that he can bore three
inch hole in a stick six inches in diameter in
thirty seconds, or six laps in an hour He
thinks of sending it to Washington to OBJ
tain patent.
The Bath Times of Tuesday says: This
morning small boy, a resident of Water
street, got up and like dutiful son proceeded
to help his mother by lighting the fire and
putting things in trim for the days work
He could not seem to make it go to suit him,
and thinking the wood was wet he resorted to
the old expedient of the kerosene can. 1t
worked as it usually does for when he touched
the match to it, it flashed out into his face
smuggling his eyebrows entirely of, and setting
his jacket afre. He not thinking of any
remedy and being handy to the dock rushed
out and took header into the Kennebec, and
thus, as the saying is, put himself out.
When seen on the street this forenoon his
face was a bad looking sight. Such cases are
aptly puts it still they will not take warning.
-Messrs. Fred II and William M. Fans
have bought one of the finest drug stores in
Man chester, N. H., and are doing large and
profitable business.-The pay roll of the New
England Shipbuildng Company is now 81 900
a week, so 500 at the yards and 81 800 at the
iron works.-A $50 ton schooner will be
launched at Gardner G. behring's yard, next
Saturday forenoon,-The B. w. & H. +.
Morse firm has purchased for SO 900, the ship
Sunrise, of New York, a vessel 26 years old,
! 200 tons, for their coal barge fleet. This
is the sixth vessel the firm has bought for the
purpose. Work will begin on her at their
yard this week MIR. Humphrey Owen is
with paint the appearance of the
Interior of the Alameda. Changes are to be
made upon the stage.
YORK.
Tuesday morning, July IL, about half past
five. as Merrill Cuff was passing the Norton
attracted by the sight of large quantities of
smoke hanging about a second story window
He Immediately instituted an investigation
which resulted in the discovery of slight
fire in the pool room of the house. A lighted
cigar stub mad ignited the sawdust of a box
into which it was thrown, and this in turn
had communicated the fire to the floor. When
found, the fire had done no further harm than
to burn q small hole. Had il not been for
the prompt measures adopted, a serious con-
fsgration might have resulted.